Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Priscilla* Rollins Sweet Inspiration Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Albert Jones* You and Your Love The Facts of Life
Aarons And Ackley* Devil Song ST
Buddy Knox Party Doll ST
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Two Little Oaks On a Mountain Ukrainian Pops
Loni Gamble In love for the First Time ST
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold To Bleed Black and Gold
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
David Amram Greasy Spoon Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Oscar* McLollie Love Will Get You ST
Ernie* Smith Freedom Street Skareggae
Matt* Lucas The Old Man The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On
Happy Dolls Misty Blue Show Album No. 1
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Aarons And Ackley* Sleeping Gypsy ST
Cal* Bostic May I Introducing...
Matt* Lucas The Peepin' Tom Matt Gets Blue
Nelson* Riddle Garibaldi Mountain British Columbia Suite
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Sidewinders Flat Foot Hustlin' Flatfoot Hustlin'
Priscilla* Rollins There Goes My Baby Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Billy Gene Fear Itself
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine The Letter Fear Itself
Aarons And Ackley* Girl I've Been Waiting You And I
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Halya Несе Галя Воду Ukrainian Pops
Hopeton* Lewis Think Positive Think Positive // Story Book Children
Priscilla* Rollins Tell Him that You Love Him Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Tony McManus The Maids of Mitchelstown The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Polissian Polka 'Mazury' Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Zambonis* Mind Like a Playgroup To Bleed Black and Gold
Buddy Knox Maybelline ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Love Serenade Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Jimmy Jean Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Truly You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Hard Hard Times Shirley Lewis Show Band
Jack Holland I'll Pick Her Up The Eyes of a Dreamer
Buddy Knox I'm In Love With You ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Can't Eat Shirley Lewis Show Band
Ellen McIlwaine (I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You Ellen McIlwaine
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Tony McManus Inveran - The Devil in the Kitchen - Locheil's Away to France The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Aarons And Ackley* Lay Me Down ST
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Aarons And Ackley* Willie Boy ST
Alpha Centauri Make it at Rock 'n' Roll ST
Albert Jones* You Just Can't Turn Me Loose The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Boom Boom Boom To Bleed Black and Gold
Exponians Wicked Woman Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Exponians Yellow Bird Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Dils* Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge) Made In Canada
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* I Need You Amist the Black Eyes
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Joe* Glazer We are Building a New Party A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Till You're Loving Me Again I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Moanin Shirley Lewis Show Band
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Shake a Hand Amist the Black Eyes
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Man From Athabaska War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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